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FORUM
Urgent global
action needed
to combat
antimicrobial
resistance
NEWS
CONFERENCE
RESEARCH
REVIEWS
Short TB
regimen shown
to be effective
Atrophic gastritis
may raise
osteoporosis risk
in postmenopausal
women
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ered the most effective approach for the management of OA. However, there has been no
Paris, France.
disease poses.
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to deliver targeted pain medications, either directly through injections or by coating implantable medical devices, in a controlled manner.
The film can be implanted into the patient to
release active drug for more than 14 months,
said study author Professor Paula Hammond
monds lab.
to targeted sites.
culosis bacteria.
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FORUM
tries and the Netherlands have the strictest policies governing the prescribing of antimicrobials.
And they have the lowest rates of drug resistance.
WHO has been warning the world about the
threat from antimicrobial resistance for more
than two decades. Already in 1994, scientists
convened by WHO described the rise of antimicrobial resistance as an alarming crisis calling
for urgent measures.
A typical pattern has emerged. A report is
worse.
change.
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FORUM
D
rugs that were once lifesavers
are now worthless
One outcome was the first WHO list of critically important antimicrobials for use in human
in food-producing animals.
agents.
The challenge now is to move from recommended measures and instruments like these
lists to implementation, to real and urgent action
at global as well as national level.
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s incomes rise in the developing
world, the use of antibiotics soars,
fueled by unregulated sales and
ready access on open markets
To stop or reverse some extremely dangerous trends, difficult policy issues need to be
addressed.
tance.
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beta 1 receptors.
produced.
ventable or reversible.
on NO.
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time period compared to the standard treatment regimen holds tremendous promise, according to Dr. Daniel Everitt, senior medical
officer at the Global Alliance for TB Drug Development.
In the open-label clinical trial conducted in
eight centers in South Africa and Tanzania, the
new TB regimen consisting of moxifloxacin (M),
nitroimidazole Pa-824 (PA), and pyrazinamide
(Z) was evaluated for effectivity and safety, and
was compared to the standard regimen of isoniazid (H), rifampicin (R), Z, and ethambutol
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STAND Trial
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guideline authors.
disease severity.
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2014; doi:10.1016/S0140-6736(14)60805-9].
side effects.
back pain.
months.
6736(14)60978-8]
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Centre of St. Michaels Hospital in Toronto, Canada, said that nuts probably tended to take the
receptors.
diabetes is spotty.
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0103376]
researchers said.
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cade alone.
www.thelancet.com/series/HIV-and-sex-work-
com/series/HIV-and-sex-workers/infographic.
networks.
innovative program.
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oughly one in five people in
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DMARDS
anti-rheumatic
patients.
[disease-modifying
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rheumatic disease, bolstering evidence to support the theory that regular physical activity is
beneficial for patients with the disease.
Exercise can be a very potent therapeutic intervention to control inflammatory diseases, but
unfortunately today it is underutilized in clinical
practice, said study author Dr. Nicholas Young
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Young.
tions and those given placebo saline injections at 6 and 12 months of follow-up. [Abstract
OP0013]
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known as prolotherapy.
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adulthood.
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Hyper-responders to ovarian
stimulation face higher risk of low
birth weight babies and preterm births
CHUAH SU PING
hyper-responders.
T
here is a strong association
between the number of oocytes
retrieved and live birth,
following IVF
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comes in hyper-responders.
sites. Evaluation was carried out via questionnaires and linkage to US death and cancer
registries, and a total of 9,892 women were
successfully followed for cancer outcomes until 2010. A total of 749 breast, 119 endometrial,
N
o association with cancer risk
was identified except in those who
remained childless
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treatment cycles.
our study population and the later peak incidence of most of these cancers.
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prospective studies.
based on the extent of osteoporosis at the lumbar spine and femur revealed a linear relation-
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brachytherapy.
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for over 1 million deaths per year in the Asia Pacific (AP) region, a death rate that is three times
higher than that caused by HIV/AIDS. [Lancet
2014; pii:S0140-6736(14)60844-8] Seventy percent of the worlds hepatitis-related deaths occur in the AP region. [Global Burden of Disease.
Available at www.healthdata.org/gbd. Accessed
on 29 July 2014]
Despite these alarming figures, a recent WHO
survey of ministries of health worldwide revealed
that only half of the countries surveyed in the region have a national action plan to prevent and
cases of hepatitis?
of viral hepatitis.
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F
unding is often the single greatest
obstacle to the adoption of
coordinated national response
Professor Chen:
tion plans.
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ll governments need to take
infection is an ideal starting point for policy development and a measure against which gov-
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Find out what these experts have to say about how to improve
patient care for osteoporosis and sarcopenia in Asia through
awareness building and the use of new therapies
Professor
Peter Ebeling
Professor
Serge Ferrari
Dr Edith Lau
Professor Bess
Dawson-Hughes
Widespread vitamin D
deficiency and low calcium
levels in Asians
Selective estrogen
receptor modulators
(SERMs), a new class of
therapy for post-menopausal
woman with osteoporosis
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RADHA CHITALE
business of beauty.
Most people might love the idea of spending a day or a week dipping into a wealth
of spas for skin treatments and oil-slicked massages, but I tend to recoil from such manhandling.
I do, however, like the idea of bottling that
luxurious, pampered feeling and taking it home
with me to use at leisure.
Taking inspiration from their lush surroundings, a number of Thai companies are making
products with local ingredients that are creative and enjoyable. The soaps, oils and lotions
make liberal use of coconut and jasmine but
can incorporate more unusual ingredients like
bean, goat milk and spices.
Many of these companies promise locally
sourced, handmade products, often claiming
to be environmentally friendly in the process.
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